Self Storage Investing How Ordinary Investors Built Extraordinary Wealth in Self-Storage
What does it actually look like to walk away from a successful career and bet everything on self-storage…and win?
Joe Downs sits down with Christin and Rod Blunk, a husband-and-wife team who completed over 450 residential real estate transactions before pivoting to self-storage in 2020.
Fueled by a health crisis that revealed the fragility of active income, they got educated through the Self-Storage Academy, bought their first facility in Kentucky for $330,000, and have since grown it to nearly $800,000 in value…while cash flowing $20,000 a year net.
Their second acquisition, purchased for $430,000, is now worth $1–$1.1 million. Today, they own multiple facilities, hold LP positions, and are raising capital.
This is one of the most powerful W2-to-self-storage investing stories in the space.
Listen For:
6:19 Why did Christin and Rod Blunk leave residential real estate for self-storage investing?
14:19 How did the Blunks buy their first self-storage facility for less than a single-family home?
17:04 How did driving for dollars lead to a $430,000 self-storage deal worth over $1 million today?
23:33 How did Christin and Rod go from students at the mastermind to raising capital from investors?
30:34 What advice do Christin and Rod Blunk have for investors sitting on the fence about self-storage?
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